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At last year’s Page-To-Stage I was introduced to some of the songs/arias that composer/librettist Dr. Andrew Earle Simpson had composed for his adaptation of Bret Harte’s 1869 short story The Outcasts of Poker Flat. I have known Dr. Simpson’s work composing theatre scores for silent films and by his work at Catholic University where he teaches, […]

If you think that the recent power outages are tough, just wait till you see what the six characters in this opera are up against! The Outcasts of Poker Flat, a new one-act chamber opera by composer/librettist Andrew Earle Simpson (faculty, Catholic University), will premiere at the Capital Fringe Festival on July 13, 5:45 PM, […]